Online Resources For Music Study

The following reference resources are available through the Ball State Libraries (log in required from off campus):

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (2001), edited by Nicolas Slonimsky and Laura Kuhn

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 (2004)

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (2006), by Colin Larkin

The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music (2003)

The Oxford Companion to the American Musical:  Theatre, Film, and Television (2008), by Thomas S. Hischak

The Oxford Dictionary of Music (2012)

Click here for a OneSearch results list of encyclopedias and dictionaries available online through the Libraries' catalog.

Reference Sources that may be useful for music research:

• A Dictionary of Media and Communication (2016)
• Benezit Dictionary of Artists:  Biographies of artists in the visual arts. (Oxford Art Online)
• Biography Reference Center
• Historical Dictionary of American Education
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:  Biographies of famous people in English history.

Language Resources:

• New Oxford American Dictionary (2011)
• Oxford Dictionary of English (2011)
• Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage (2015)
• The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style (2000)
• The Oxford Dictionary of English Usage (2014)
• New Oxford Rhyming Dictionary (2012)
• The Oxford Companion to the English Language (2018)